Manual
Dark link
DOEPFER
7
Introduction
• CV/Gate:
Connect Dark Link‘s Gate socket to the gate input of your synthesizer.
Connect Dark Link‘s CV-1 socket to the pitch controlvoltage input of your synthesizer.
At least these two connections are obligatory to run a voltage controlled synthesizer. The additional
three control voltage provided by Dark Link make your voltage controlled synth ”listen” to
pitchbender, velocity and modwheel (resp. a MIDI controller of your choice). Please note that not
all voltage controlled sythesizers are equipped with such inputs to handle these additional
voltages.
Note:
The gate output is not suitable for devices that require a gate voltage higher than +5V! (e.g. ARP
Oddyssey). The gate output is also not suitable for devices that require a so-called switched trigger or
S-trigger. In this case we recommend to order the additional S-Trig cable. Details are available in the FAQ-
section of our website: see ”S-Trig conversion”.
But Dark Link can be modied for +12V gate voltage or S-Trigger. The modication should not be carried
out by the customer because in this case the warranty is void (it is necessary to interrupt the +5V track and
install a wire to +12V for the +12V gate level). Details concerning the modication are also available on our
website in the FAQ section (in case that customers want to carry out the modication despite the warranty
loss).
The following pictures shows the most importand connections to and from Dark Link:
MIDI out
Gate in
Pitch-CV in
to additional CV-ins
12V AC
200mA
computer
with
software-sequencer
USB
MIDI-keyboard/sequencer
CV/Gate-controlled synthesizer
power-
adaptor
wall-outlet